The Great American Beer Festival Pavilions showcase some of the ways that small and independent craft beer has become a huge part of so many aspects of our lives. From the way we eat to the places we travel, craft beer enriches our experiences and connects us to the culture of new places.
The pavilions provide the perfect place to relax and hear from some of the most talented and charismatic brewers in the U.S.
Brewers Studio
Hosted by The Brewing Network
Embark on a journey with the provocative personalities and innovators of the brewing community as they share their stories and beers. Learn about the creative processes behind some of today’s most successful craft beers.
Thursday, October 3
6:30 p.m. | The Innovation at Allagash with Jason Perkins, Allagash Brewing
Join master brewer Jason Perkins on a guided tasting of three new beers from Allagash Brewing Company. The tasting will feature a Pilsner with Brett, a witbier, and a sour beer aged on cherries. Explore the flavors of these diverse styles and learn how brewers are exploring new techniques, ingredients, and styles. Maine lobster will be paired with the Pilsner to showcase the style’s compatibility with shellfish.
7:30 p.m. | Good Bugs Fermentation Series: An Altered State of Haze with Jensen Cummings, Brewed Food, Good Bugs; John Giarratano, Inland Island Yeast; Alyssa Thorpe, Jagged Mountain; Amanda Oberbroeckling, Odd13 Brewing; Brandon Boldt, 4 Noses Brewing Company
Join chef and Certified Cicerone Jensen Cummings of Brewed Food and Good Bugs amd John Giarratano of Inland Island Yeast for an exploration of altered fermentations of hazy NEIPA. The duo collaborated with Odd13, 4 Noses, and Jagged Mountain to create a single base beer recipe, then each brewery used a unique yeast strain for fermentation. See and taste for yourself the results of this innovative approach!
8:30 p.m. | Fresh Hop with Kyle O’Loughlin, Great Divide Brewing Company
What’s the difference between fresh hops, wet hops, and dry hopping? Join Great Divide brewing manager Kyle O’Loughlin for a deeper dive into these various hopping techniques and their utilization in the brewing process.
Friday, October 4
6:30 p.m. | Open Top Fermentation with Vinnie & Natalie Cilurzo, Russian River Brewing Company
Hear Russian River’s story of choosing and installing open-top fermenters, taste two open-top fermented beers, and learn about the benefits of brewing using open top fermentation.
7:30 p.m. | Clear to Hazy Comparison with Jamil Zainasheff, Heretic Brewing Company
Come explore the mouthfeel, flavor, color, and aroma of a popular style. Join Jamil Zainasheff of Heretic Brewing Company on a guided tasting comparing clear, hazy, and fruited hazy IPAs. Learn about the brewer’s approach to each style and the direction each beer can take the palate regarding flavor and mouthfeel. Taste how heat from chilis in a dish interact with each style and decide if your palate is quenched, settled, or lit on fire from each bite.
8:30 p.m. | Building a Unique Barrel Program at a Small Brewery with Chris Davison, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing
Being a small brewery doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with barrel aging beer. Since 2015, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing’s barrel program has grown from three local bourbon barrels to more than 130 casks of various spirits and sizes from all over the world. Come sample a unique array of the many experimental beers Wolf’s Ridge brews with wood in mind.
Saturday, October 5, Member Session
1:00 p.m. | Not Your Father’s Fruit Beer: From Sour to Gluten Free with Thomas Vo & Blaine Landberg, Calicraft Brewing Company
Fruit beers can be more than orange hefeweizens and strawberry blonde ales. Join Blaine Landberg and Thomas Vo of Calicraft as they lead a curated tasting of these versatile beers. Explore how fruit interacts with yeast and bacteria, how acidity and bitterness play a role in perception, and how fruit (instead of malt and hops) can be the defining flavor in gluten-free beverages. Tasting will include a selection of barrel-aged sours, tropical fruit beers, and gluten-free beverages.
2:00 p.m. | Understating Taste Through Beer with Doug Miller, Cornell University
When you consume beer, you only taste sweet, sour, bitter, salty, or umami. What you experience is flavor: the combination of taste, smell, temperature, and mood. Come explore with Douglass Miller, lecturer from the SC Johnson College of Business, The Hotel School at Cornell University, and learn how what you taste can impact your personal experience with beer from Odell Brewing Company.
Saturday, October 5, Evening Session
6:30 p.m. | Keeping the Shirt Buttoned with Juice Drapeau, Oskar Blues Brewery; Eric Bowen, Oskar Blues Restaurants
Join Juice Drapeau, head brewer and innovations guru for Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons, Colo., and Oskar Blues head chef Eric Bowen as they showcase the lighter styles of Oskar Blues.
7:30 p.m. | Latinos in Beer with Jose Beteta, Suave Fest & Raices Brewing Company
Learn about the trajectory of beer throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and why certain styles prevail more than others. Explore the role of Latinos in the current beer industry and the intersection of beer and culture.
Camp CraftBeer.com
Check out the ther ’round the campfire to sip beers as Andy Sparhawk of CraftBeer.com hosts some of the best-known—and under-the-radar—independent craft brewers! The CraftBeer.com Campground for the ultimate beer experience at the Great American Beer Festival. The CraftBeer.com Pavilion offers a fun and interactive way to immerse yourself in the world of small and independent craft brewers. Meet some of today’s hottest brewers and industry professionals, taste beers with professional beer judges, and more. Step into the world of CraftBeer.com, where you’ll find the perfect match between beer education and entertainment.
Sit & Sip
Gather ’round the campfire to sip beers as Andy Sparhawk of CraftBeer.com hosts some of the best-known—and under-the-radar—independent craft brewers! The CraftBeer.com Campground is located near The Backyard.
Times and presenters are subject to change.
Thursday, October 3
6:30 p.m. | Sit & Sip Exclusive: How to Send Back a Beer at a Bar! with Bridget Gaunter and Matt Meadows, BA Draught Beer Quality Chair
Matt Meadows and Bridget Gauntner of the Brewers Association’s Draught Beer Quality Subcommittee want you to help promote quality beer at all of your favorite drinking holes. This presentation will arm you with knowledge regarding the importance of a proper pour, glassware, and clean lines and what to look for as a customer. It’s okay to send back a beer to the bar if it doesn’t taste right. Bridget and Matt will demonstrate how to do this tactfully.
7:30 p.m. | Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster, Brooklyn Brewery
Garrett Oliver is the Brewmaster of The Brooklyn Brewery, the author of The Brewmaster’s Table and Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Companion to Beer. Over his 30-year career he has brought many innovations to craft brewing, including the world’s first brewing collaborations, beers based on cocktails, secondary fermentation on natural wine and cider lees, and a particular focus on beer’s culinary talents. Garrett has hosted more than 1,000 beer dinners and tastings in 17 countries. In 2014 he became the first brewer to win the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award for “Outstanding Wine, Beer or Spirits Professional.”
8:30 p.m. | Jake Kempster, Community Relations Specialist, Odd Side Ales
Odd Side Ales is a family of gifted individuals, focused on the shared goal of crafting unique products, while maintaining the utmost quality. With a focus to creatively stay on the leading edge of craft beer styling, Odd Side strives to introduce new recipes that push the boundaries of flavor combinations and craft beer categories.
Friday, October 4
6:30 p.m. | Mari and Will Kemper, Co-Founders, Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen
Mari and Will Kemper have brought exceptional craft beers to their customers across America, Mexico and Turkey since 1984 and are glad to bring guests their exceptional beer and food in an inspiring, friendly, and lively environment. Chuckanut was recognized as the Small Brewpub/Brewer of the Year in 2009 and 2011 confirming that their approach results in making some of the best beers in the world.
7:30 p.m. | Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune and Author of Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business
Josh Noel has written about beer and the beer industry for the Chicago Tribune since 2009. He is the author of “Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch and How Craft Beer Became Big Business,” which tells the story of craft beer’s rise from scrappy underdog to global force demanding the attention of the world’s largest beer companies. “Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out” was named best book of 2018 by the North American Guild of Beer Writers.
8:30 p.m. | Shyla Sheppard, Founder and CEO, Bow & Arrow Brewing
After nearly a decade of investing in and supporting other entrepreneur’s dreams, Shyla left her position with a social impact investing firm in late 2013 to pursue filling her own niche in the craft beer industry. With a love for craft beer, brewing, entertaining and design, along with the support of her partner, family, and friends, she took on the challenge of developing Bow & Arrow from the ground up. As Founder and CEO, Shyla has been responsible for setting the vision for Bow & Arrow and for the nitty gritty details of development and execution of a business plan, financing strategy, securing capital, building a team, contract negotiations, site selection, and design/development of the brewery and onsite Beer Hall.
Saturday, October 5, Member Session
1:30 p.m. | Sit & Sip Exclusive: Lallemand
Lallemand’s presence in the brewing industry dates from the early 1970s when the company started producing dried pure culture brewing yeasts for beer kit manufacturers in Canada. In subsequent years, this activity was expanded to the production of other specific ale and lager beer yeast strains for different clients in the United States, Europe and Australia and Asia.
2:30 p.m. | Judd Belstock, Owner, Founder, Dos Luces Brewery
For thousands of years, Chicha and Pulque were the two bright lights illuminating the way for brewers in the Americas. Brewed from gluten-free ingredients, corn and aguamiel, these beers are rich in flavor and deep with history. Little known in the US, Dos Luces looks to these traditions for inspiration and aims to explore the vast possibilities these truly American ingredients hold. Come join us and drink something old and new, complex and simple. Come follow the lights, come follow Dos Luces.
Saturday, October 5, Evening Session
6:30 p.m. | Collin McDonnell, Co-Founder, HenHouse Brewing
Founded in 2011, HenHouse Brewing cranks out awesome beers with an uncompromising and fearless pursuit of our goal: creating new and interesting kinds of delicious. HenHouse is the work of our hands, hearts and brains and we hope you enjoy the beer as much as we enjoy making it.
7:30 p.m. | Andy and Alicia Barr, Co-Founders, FiftyFifty Brewing
FiftyFifty Brewing Co. in is best known around the world for its Eclipse Barrel Aged Imperial Stout. The brewery is also widely praised for its styles including Donner Party Porter, West Coast Haze and TRK. FiftyFifty won “Brewery Group of the Year” at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival.
8:30 p.m. | Sit & Sip Exclusive: Bottle Share
Bottleshare supports industry workers and families experiencing adversity outside of the workplace, reciprocating the love and strength that characterizes craft culture and the people that make it so special. When a fellow craft beverage worker is experiencing an emergency or extreme hardship, we not only want to help them financially, we want to lift their spirits, give them something to celebrate, and share our story in such a way that they feel their very own hope renewed.
Protect Craft Guilds
Protect Indie Craft Beer!
State brewers guilds are one of the most important voices in protecting and promoting a state or region’s independently-owned, American craft breweries! Enjoy craft beers from participating guilds as they showcase 169 unique breweries from their home states not available elsewhere in the festival hall!
Learn about different states’ beer cultures, member breweries, and the guilds’ initiatives.
Arizona Craft Brewers Guild |
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| Saddle Mountain Brewing Company | Taildragger Clandestine |
| Huss Brewing Company | Koffee Kolsch |
| Lumberyard Brewing Company | Flagstaff IPA |
| Goldwater Brewing Company | Double Dry Hopped Hop Chowda |
| The Perch Brewery | Tangerweenie |
| Mother Road Brewing Company | Tower Station |
| SanTan Brewing Company | OktoberFest |
| Dragoon | Refraction |
| Grand Canyon Brewery & Distillery | Sunset Amber |
| O.H.S.O. Brewery | Popcycle Blonde |
Colorado Brewers Guild |
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| Snowbank Brewing | Cranknbrew |
| Snowbank Brewing | Snow Juice |
| Phantom Canyon Brewing Company | Authentiek |
| Phantom Canyon Brewing Company | Fresh to Death |
| Station 26 Brewing Company | Juicy Banger IPA |
| Station 26 Brewing Company | Lemon Lavender Blonde |
| 14er Brewing Company | Key Lime Pie Cream Ale |
| 14er Brewing Company | Rocky Mountain Saison |
DC Brewers’ Guild |
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| Valor Brewpub | Schwartzbier |
| DC Brau Brewing Company | Pastry Boi |
| 3 Stars Brewing Company | 808s |
| Atlas Brew Works | Ugly & Stoned |
| District Chophouse and Brewery | Oktoberfest |
| Bluejacket | Smoked Bock |
| Hellbender Brewing Company | Dunkelweisse |
| Gordon Biersch – Navy Yard | Spalter Pils |
| Right Proper Brewing Company | Baron Corvo Cuvee 2 |
Florida Brewers Guild |
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| Rapp Brewing Company | Gose |
| Perfect Plain Brewing Company | Arpent |
| First Magnitude Brewing Company | Drift |
| 3 Daughters Brewing | A Wake Coffee Blonde |
| Aardwolf Brewing Company | Notorious F.I.G. |
| Mastry’s Brewing Company | Boca Ciega |
| Coppertail Brewing Company | Hop Skull #3 |
| Biscayne Bay Brewing Company | La Colada Porter |
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild |
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| Eventide | Citrus Grove |
| Eventide | The A |
| Creature Comforts | Tropicalia |
| Creature Comforts | Bibo |
| Gate City | Awe Juice!!! |
| Service Brewing | Teuful Hunden |
| Service Brewing | Brewer’s Release No.7, Juicy IPA |
Illinois Craft Brewers Guild |
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| Hailstorm Brewing | Boat Drinks |
| Metal Monkey Brewing | El Jefe German Hefeweizen |
| Old Irving Brewing | Oktoberfest |
| On Tour Brewery | Lightning Will Pilsner |
| Side Lot Brewery | Jimmy the Weasel |
| Adams Street Brewery | Dunkel |
| Aleman | LadiesMan |
| Old Bakery Beer | Basil Pale Ale |
| Revolution | Hazy Hero |
| Maplewood Brewery & Distillery | Fat Pug |
Iowa Brewers Guild |
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| Peace Tree Brewing Company | Cold Brew Coffee Stout |
| Confluence Brewing Company | Special Saison #2 |
| Kalona Brewing Company | Kalona Classic |
| Parkside Brewing Company | Spoon Gopher |
| Lion Bridge Brewing Company | The Spice Must Flow! |
| West O Beer | CocO Stout |
| SingleSpeed Brewing Company | Ring Around the Gose |
| Iowa Brewing Company | Tragedy of the Common |
| Big Grove Brewery | Easy Eddy |
| Keg Creek Brewing Company | Moongold Apricot Ale |
Brewers Association of Maryland |
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| Smoketown Brewing Station | Maryland Rye Maryland |
| B.C. Brewery | Ceal Team Naturally Gluten Free Stout Ale |
| Pooles Island Brewing Company | Beer Wine Hybrid |
| Mobtown Brewing Company | Blacksmith |
Michigan Brewers Guild |
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| Dragonmead Microbrewery | Castlebrite Apricot Ale |
| New Holland Brewing Co. | Tangerine Space Machine |
| Rockford Brewing | Rogue River Brown |
| Stormcloud Brewing | Whiled Away IPA |
| Wolverine State Brewing | NZ Pils |
| Cheboygan Brewing Co. | Blood Orange Honey |
| Old Nation Brewing | M-43 |
| Saugatuck Brewing Co. | Blueberry Maple Stout |
| Short’s Brewing Co. | A Tribe Called Zest |
| Upper Hand Brewery | IPA |
Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild |
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| Canal Park Brewing Company | Hank & Dab’s |
| Three Twenty Brewing Co. | Happy Wife Porter |
| Revelation Ale Works | Double Brown |
| Fair State Brewing Cooperative | Mirror Universe |
| Pryes Brewing Company | Royal Raspberry Sour |
| 56 Brewing | Raspberry Berliner Weisse |
| Unmapped Brewing Co | Purgatory Pils |
| Back Channel Brewing | King of the Wring |
| Able Seedhouse + Brewery | First Light |
| Steel Toe Brewing | Size 4 |
Montana Brewers Association |
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| Überbrew | Amora |
| Snow Hop Brewery | Zorza Grodziskie |
| Überbrew | Humulus Insani |
| Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Company | Mountain Man |
| Gild Brewing | Survey Says |
| Bozeman Brewing Co. | Vieux Bois 3 Year Blend #1 |
| KettleHouse Brewing Company | Northwest IPA |
| Conflux Brewing Company | Wood Aged Ginger Farmhouse Saison |
| KettleHouse Brewing Company | Cold Smoke Scotch Ale |
| Meadowlark Brewing | Fungus Shui |
Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild |
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| Upstream Brewing Company | Brewers Drupe |
| 5168 Brewing Company | Hawaiian Porter |
| Pals Brewing Company | Jalapeno Cream Ale |
| Infusion Brewing Company | Wolf Dragon IPA |
| Zipline Brewing Company | DAAANG! IPA |
| Lazy Horse Brewing Company | Salted Caramel Blonde |
| Pint Nine Brewing Company | Oso Cafe Brown |
| Empyrean Brewing Company | Peanut Butter Porter |
| Kros Strain Brewing Company | Fairy Nectar IPA |
| First Street Brewing Company | First Street White Ale |
New Mexico Brewers Guild |
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| Cloudcroft Brewing | Viking Ale |
| Cloudcroft Brewing | Pistachio Nut Brown |
| Flix Brewhouse Albuquerque | Luna Rosa |
| Flix Brewhouse Albuquerque | H-E-Dubbel Hockey Sticks |
| Palmer Brewery & Cider House | MWA (Malt with Attitude) |
| Roosevelt Brewing Company | Glitter Fist |
| Toltec Brewing | Sacred ALTar |
New York State Brewers Association |
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| Industrial Arts Brewing | Landscapes |
| Binghamton Brewing | Purple Rain |
| Two Goats Brewing | Cream Ale |
| Strong Rope Brewery | Blood of Gods |
| Ithaca Beer | Brew York |
| Steuben Brewing Company | NY Farm Double IPA |
| Hudson Valley Brewery | Unity of Place, NYS Sour IPA |
| Sing Sing Kill Brewery | Killer Cream Ale |
North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild |
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| Bond Brothers Beer Company | Gin Duality of Funk |
| Wise Man Brewing | Mountain Calling |
| Sycamore Brewing | Sun Grown Lager |
| Koi Pond Brewing Company | Falls Road Golden |
| Little Brother Brewing | Civil Rest Hefeweizen |
| Resident Culture Brewing Company | Vicky Virago |
| BearWaters Brewing Company | Heavy Cream |
| Mason Jar Lager Company | Luchador Mexican Lager |
Ohio Craft Brewers Association |
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| Earnest Brew Works | Crunchy Hippie |
| Ignite Brewing | Cherry Blonde |
| The Land-Grant Brewing Company | Concentrate V.103 |
| Little Fish Brewing Company | Petit Poisson |
| Maize Valley Brewery | Monk in Public |
| Market Garden Brewery | Progress Pils |
| Pretentious Barrel House | Sybarite with Peaches |
| Royal Docks Brewing Company | Pendragon |
| Streetside Brewery | Apple Brandy Demogorgon |
| Yellow Springs Brewery | Boat Show |
Craft Brewers Association of Oklahoma |
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| Frenzy Brewing | Unspeakable Things |
| Enid Brewing Co. | Controlled Burn |
| Nothing’S Left Brewing Co. | Deez Nuts |
| Twisted Spike Brewing | Blood Orange Ipa |
| Cabin Boys Brewery | Goin’ Stag |
| Anthem Brewing | Rad Hombre |
| Lazy Circles Brewing | 400 Block |
| Skydance Brewing | Fancy Dance |
| Prairie Artisan Ales | Rainbow Sherbet |
Oregon Brewers Guild |
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| Allegory Brewing | Dayton Grand Cru Peche, Brett Farmhouse Ale |
| Sunriver Brewing Co. | Double Dank Double IPA |
| Baerlic Brewing | Dad Beer |
| Deschutes Brewery | Freyja Belgian Tripel |
| pFriem Family Brewers | Saison |
| Breakside Brewery | True Gold |
| Little Beast Brewing | Golden Stone |
| Little Beast Brewing | Fera |
| Wild Ride Brewing | Hippy Haze IPA, Hazy IPA |
Texas Craft Brewers Guild |
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| Red Horn Coffee House and Brewing Co. | House United Coffee Stout |
| Oak Highlands Brewery | Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla Porter with Tart Cherries |
| Real Ale Brewing Co | Sisyphus |
| AquaBrew Brewery & Beer Garden | Swine Dive IPA |
| Pondaseta Brewing Company | Pondaseta Premium |
| Wild Acre Brewing Co. | Texas Blonde |
| Saint Arnold Brewing Company | Pumpkinator 2018 |
| Community Beer Company | Citra Slice India Pale Ale w/ Citrus Peel |
| Austin Beerworks | Tesso |
Wisconsin Brewers Guild |
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| 3 Sheeps Brewing Company | The Wolf |
| MobCraft Beer | Gier Bier Lager |
| The Brewing Projekt | Resist Mango Smoothie |
| Potosi Brewing Company | Potosi Cave Ale |
| Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co. | Babble Rouser |
| McFleshman’s Brewing Co | McFleshman’s Oktoberfest |
| Lakefront Brewery | New Grist Gose |
| O’so Brewing Company | Night Rain |